Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, OH

Most working residents leave Wells for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Steubenville (17%), Weirton (6%) and Wheeling (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 928 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 886 Wells residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

886live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Steubenville6.9 mi away

17%161

Weirton, WV12.1 mi away

6%58

Wheeling, WV13.7 mi away

5%49

Mingo Junction5.8 mi away

3%28

Brilliant3.5 mi away

3%28

Martins Ferry11.7 mi away

2%23

Findlay, PA26.4 mi away

2%23

Wintersville7.2 mi away

2%21

Columbus122.1 mi away

2%17

Cross Creek3.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%503

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wells commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

30%

11%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells are

598 jobs are based in Wells. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wells’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wells

598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Wells residents hold

928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−44%

Jobs based in Wells, 2013 → 2023: 1,063 → 598. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.